Long-term mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism: results in a single-center registry.

Background: While numerous studies have investigated short-term outcomes after pulmonary embolism (PE), long-term mortality remains insufficiently studied.

Objectives: To investigate long-term outcomes in an unselected cohort of patients with PE.

Methods: A total of 896 consecutive patients with PE enrolled in a single-center registry between May 2005 and December 2017 were followed up for up to 14 years.

High-sensitivity troponin I for risk stratification in normotensive pulmonary embolism.

While numerous studies have confirmed the prognostic role of high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) in pulmonary embolism (PE), high-sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI) is inappropriately studied. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic relevance of hsTnI in normotensive PE, establish the optimal cut-off value for risk stratification and to compare the prognostic performances of hsTnI and hsTnT. Based on data from 459 consecutive PE patients enrolled in a single-centre registry, receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to identify an optimal hsTnI cut-off value for prediction of in-hospital adverse outcomes (PE-related death, cardiopulmonary resuscitation or vasopressor treatment) and all-cause mortality.